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More than a dozen people are feared dead after a tourist bus crashed down a mountainside in Sri Lanka.

The fatal crash happened overnight in the mountainous Ella region east of the capital Colombo, near the town of Wellawaya.

Local tourists were reportedly travelling back from a tea plantation visit when the bus smashed through the barrier and down the mountain.

Another 16 passengers were also injured, but they were able to climb out of the bus wreckage. Footage shows the badly damaged remains of the bus, appearing to be lodged on a steep gradient, with seats and debris scattered around.

Its walls and roof appear to have peeled off.

One surviving passenger said the

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